and business services. everything from janitors to accountants, 49,000 new jobs. leisure and hospitality, 29,000. and in manufacturing, 25,000 positions added to payroll. true part manufacturing makes metal and plastic parts for everything from satellites to the medical industry to the military while fending off foreign competition. >> keep your costs under control. >> reporter: production is up 25% so the owner is hiring. >> i believe we hired six people. we went from three, four people to 12. >> reporter: but such optimism is not universal. today's report also shows temporary jobs continue to rise up nearly 45% since the recession ended in 2009. >> inside sales. >> reporter: this head of a staffing company outside indianapolis says businesses want to be flexible. >> i think it's how do i remain smart, frugal, and prudent while

doing business. >> reporter: jobs are the issue on the presidential campaign trail. today's report provided fodder for both sides. >> it's another hammer blow to the struggling middle class families of america because the president has not kept policies that put american families back to work. >> we've still got too many folks out there who are looking for work. we've got more work to do on their behalf. >> reporter: what's holding back job growth? analysts say the crystal balls of corporations are cloudy. they can't see the future. that hurts confidence and the job market. >> if businesses were sure that customers would be coming through the door, they would hire people to service them today. >> reporter: after a half year of searching matthew soto finally has a job to pay his family's bills. >> you got diapers you have to buy and clothing constantly because they're always growing. >> reporter: one family getting back on its feet. a small piece of the nation's economy still struggling to gain momentum. anne thompson nbc news, new

york. >> interestingly, the jobs report went over pretty big on wall street today. stocks surged pretty much immediately on the numbers because they were better than expected. the dow was up 217 points. nasdaq gained 58. s&p 500 was just up under about 26 points. sue herrera is with us tonight from cnbc global headquarters. sue, do we have this pretty much right that this news could be taken in equal parts both ways? >> yes indeed, brian. i think you are exactly right. it is good news we had better than 160,000 new jobs created in some parts of the economy, but as anne pointed out a lot of those new jobs created were temporary jobs. they're not full-time, benefit giving jobs. that's what the economists really want to see. full-time jobs, some of which carry benefits. the households surveyed, which is linked to the unemployment rate, which ticked up, it really surveys smaller businesses and perhaps self-owned businesses,

things that fly under the government's radar. the worrisome uptick in unemployment in that particular area is that some of those small businesses are the key engine of the economy. we'd like to see that unemployment rate tick down and we'd like to see more full-time jobs created in the economy especially as we get closer to the end of the year and some of the fiscal issues that are looming in washington. >> our thanks as always, sue herrera from cnbc global headquarters with a further read on the numbers just out today. in syria, there is great concern tonight that the assad regime is preparing to unleash a massive assault on rebels in the northern city of aleppo. meanwhile, at the u.n. the general assembly voted overwhelmingly to denounce the regime's crackdown today, a move that has no force behind it really. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports for us again tonight from northern syria. >> reporter: good evening, brian. in villages like this one and

across syria there is great concern tonight for the city of aleppo. people here say the violence we've seen in aleppo over the last few days could be nothing compared to what may be coming. syrian troops and tanks and artillery are still massing outside aleppo and rebels in the city tell us they are running desperately low on ammunition and might not be able to hold out much longer. people here do not understand why there has been no action from the international community when a massacre of a huge scale could be coming. syrians are outraged there's only been international condemnation and not much more. we've been on the ground here in syria for nearly two weeks, brian, and from what we've seen the rebels are not al qaeda. they are not extremists. they do have popular support. but there is one warning. there is a lot of anger here. nearly 20,000 people have been killed since this war began and if bashar al assad is suddenly toppled and the rebels win there could be many vendetta killings. in the short term, aleppo is

critical but so is finding a new government. brian? >> richard engel reporting for us once again from northern syria tonight. last night here we alerted you to the storm just churning up in the caribbean right now tropical storm ernesto. it has moved in and could pick up enough steam in the next few days to be a full fledged hurricane by about monday. beyond that our colleagues at the weather channel tell us the track and intensity of this storm are still very uncertain and they'll be watching very closely the development in the next 24 to 36 hours. now to that bizarre story involving one of the great players and great names in the modern era of baseball and the abduction at gun point of his mother. today cal ripken jr. spoke publicly about this entire ordeal. our justice correspondent pete williams has our report. >> reporter: a very different cal ripken returned today to

baltimore's oriole park where he became the iron man, setting the major league record for consecutive games. 2,632. his subject today was a different figure -- 23 -- the number of hours his 74-year-old mother, vi, was held last week by a kidnapper. he was emotional, recalling when he was notified. >> it was the worst feeling you could imagine. it was about 9:00 at night. my sister called me and said they were going to report that the car with my mom's tags on it was reported and that a woman was tied up in the back seat of the car and they wanted to know if we knew where mom was. >> reporter: surveillance video shows her kidnapper shopping for food after he forced her at gun point into her own car, binding her hands and blind folding her. >> we don't know why. so that's bizarre on many levels.

>> reporter: police have no idea if the kidnapper knows who she was. they have no suspect but hope the sketch will generate tips. ripken says his mother is physically unharmed but still has not moved back into the house where she raised her hall of fame son. >> she is affected. no doubt about it. i don't know when she will go back, but certainly right now she is not back in her house yet. >> reporter: as for the rest of the family, ripken says we're all a little shaky. pete williams, nbc news, washington. back here at the olympic games in london some great swimming action will be airing here on nbc tonight in primetime. as always the spoiler alert now. if you don't want to see the results, avert your eyes for a moment. we'll tell you when it's safe to look back. here we go. michael phelps had his final olympic race as an individual swimmer tonight, the 100 meter butterfly. he has one more tomorrow. that's a relay and that will bring his olympic career to a close.

and missy franklin also in her last individual race of these games, the 200 meters back stroke. she, too, has a relay tomorrow to close out what has been for her a stunning performance here in london. here is a quick look at the medal count so far. at least by the end of competition on friday. so now safe to look back at the screen. you'll see it all on primetime on nbc tonight. let's talk further about these games with a member of our team who has been here to cover it all. nbc's kevin tibbles is here with us. kevin, first off, spectacular day here in london. are the reviews uniformly good for our host nation? give us kind of a viewer's guide into the weekend the next few days. >> reporter: brian, these games are hitting their stride. at the stadium behind us here, which i was going to say is gold but it keeps changing colors and now it seems to be the gold and blue, people have started coming in there for the track and field events. what's happening is it's bringing people to the east end of london, some 200,000 people came here today, and that's the

largest crowd of these games to date. of course it's not just track and field. i managed to drop in on a men's field hockey game. if you believe that today. it was very interesting. we've had everything from shot putt to the swimming in the pool as you mentioned and a bit of history as well. the youngest member of the entire u.s. team was in the pool today and there was a bit of history with the fact that she was even there. of course as you've just mentioned, the grand master, the phenom michael phelps as well. going into the weekend we have a lot of track and field including the fastest man in the world, usain bolt. as my dear mother used to say no one puts on a pageant like the british and i think that pageant has arrived. >> she was right about that. i wish she could see this. kevin tibbles as part of our team in london, thanks as always. a lot more to tell you about. there are the women of these games of course achieving spectacular things here in london.

we'll have their story when we come back on this friday night. while you've been watching the olympics at home, we've been watching differently for detail. that and more as we continue from the summer games.

unseasonably chilly but beautiful crisp and clear night tonight here in london. we started with a strong women's theme starting with the fact that women out number men now on team usa. more than that these usa women are strong as one observer here put it today they don't take anything from anybody. they are hoping the next generation on its way up is watching what they're doing here. nbc's chris jansing has their story. >> reporter: what an olympics it's been for missy franklin. a break out star in and out of

the pool. >> my biggest goal is to be a role model, a really, really good role model. >> reporter: role model? check. >> i think it's amazing. >> she is probably actually one of my idols. >> reporter: would you like to be like missy when you grow up? >> i would quite like to, yes. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after gabby douglas won the all-around gymnastics gold, the first african-american ever, her name and face are on a cereal box. >> never give up. always keep fighting. >> reporter: just 16, she is helping make good on the olympics hype that this is the year of the woman. a milestone celebrated by the woman who was on the wheaties box 28 years ago. >> i love it. and to see women in sports just being the dominant force is wonderful. >> reporter: it's also a long time coming. 116 years since the start of the modern olympic movement. 40 years since title 9 opened opportunities for women in sports.

these are the first games where every country has a woman on the team. >> even though title 9 was only happening in the united states, it raised the global bar. >> reporter: a 16-year-old olympian from saudi arabia got a roaring welcome entering the arena today. a gender equality pioneer from a country where physical education for women is banned. a 19-year-old runner from bruni, the last in her heatwas proud to set a national record. and though the runner from qatar limped off the track injured just being there was victory. for kayla harrison victory would come not just in winning team usa's first gold in judo ever but she overcame sexual abuse by a former coach and made an emotional victory lap. >> i think this is the happiest i'll ever feel in my life. i'm walking on clouds right now. >> reporter: for all the little girls who want that winning feeling they see in kim rhode medaling at olympics number 5 or

in the american rowers winning gold the second straight olympics there is much inspiration in this year of the woman. for olympic dreams that will some day be fulfilled. there is also a reality check. first-time countries had to be pushed by olympic officials and minimum standards for their competitors were ignored but arguably none of the women competing today dreamed of being an olympian the way we did watching as kids. now their little sisters or cousins just might which is at least the first step. >> that's right. as the parent of a daughter especially that point about the next generation back home watching all of this as they come up so crucially important. great piece of reporting. thanks for being with us. up next here tonight the entire town in vermont without a working police car allegedly because one guy had a very bad day. must be nice, cheering on team usa from the shallow end.

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lovers have lost a great author. he was simply the best war historian of his era. and while he never fought, he understood those who did. his theory was that nine years of tuberculosis as a teenager ravaged his body like a returning veteran. the master work of his over 20 books was "the face of battle." he also wrote "a history of warfare." he wrote brilliantly about our civil war, about world war i, about d day. his parents moved him out of london as a boy to save him from the blitz. sir john keegan was 78 years old. you know the type of person who doesn't anger easily but when they do it's epic? well, there's a guy like that in derby, vermont. the allegation here is he was angry about being arrested for marijuana possession and resisting arrest, so he got in his tractor and did the only thing he could do -- he crushed all eight police vehicles in the parking lot in town. he got them all.

he crushed them so thoroughly there is not a working radio or radar detector. to get the rifles out of the trunks of the squad cars they had to use the jaws of life. he went about his work methodically and when done disappeared on route 5. things can get a little crazy up near the canadian border. tonight his tractor is parked because he is in custody. this is a big weekend for us space lovers and interplanetary aficionados. the mars rover "curiosity" scheduled to land early monday morning. it's a huge mission, a $2.5 billion staggering scientific achievement. it's tantamount to safely landing a car on another planet. hopefully it will send back beautiful photos and data. we'll have special coverage of final approach on our sunday night broadcast from here. and who says there isn't such a thing as buckingham palace intrigue? it turns out her majesty can still keep a secret with the best of them. princes william and harry said

today in an interview they had no idea their grandmother was going to appear along side james bond in the opening ceremony spectacular short film. prince harry said, quote, both of us were slightly surprised with our grandmother's secret hobby of parachuting. he went on to say that she does in her spare time whatever is her business. when we come back, who was that man rowing so slowly during the olympics? what is that design on so many of the athletes in these games? so many questions, so little time because there are so many sports here at these games.

some enterprising person on twitter figured out an anagram today. douglas as in gabby equals usa gold. it sure did yesterday for gabby douglas. you could watch the olympics every moment of every day and never catch up with every sport. there are such great dramas and moments and great characters and astounding back stories of just getting here. there is so much detail we thought we'd try to catch up with some of it tonight as the week comes to an end beginning with some of the adornments on the athletes that are almost

impossible not to notice. you may have noticed the athletic tape as art work on the athletes' bodies. many of them are sporting it either as shoulder art or racing stripes. it has a name. it's called kinesio tape and while the inventor says it decreases pain and supports muscles and joints, others say it's just a fad. less elaborate but more fun and intricate are the fingernail designs in the olympic spirit. there is genuine artistry riding along with the best athletes in the world. >> phelps holding him off! >> and a word here about michael phelps. his lifetime olympic medal count just going into today's competition is so high it's almost easy to get blase about it. but think about it this way. if michael phelps was a country, he'd be tied with india for medals. and the woman whose record he passed to become the all-time

most decorated olympian is here at these games. she is retired russian gymnast larisa latynina and when we went back in the archives we found this. it's a time capsule from her early days on the balance beam in 1958. while it's never easy to balance on a four-inch plank and we so admire those who do, like gabby douglas, look at how much the sport has changed. and then there is this guy. imagine doing something you've never tried and have no experience in, then imagine doing it at the olympics. this is the rower who had never been in one of these single skulls until the week before he got here and he performed about the way the rest of us would have if we hadn't done something before. finally the trampoline venue is positively hopping. >> great position. thus far on the tramp. >> let's hear it for our trampoline cameramen.

they report another up-and-down day. we'll try to stay ahead of all of it as the games continue. that's our broadcast for this friday night and for this week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams reporting again tonight from london. don't forget olympic coverage in primetime tonight. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. for all of us here good night. right now at 6:00, sex-sex marriages, politics and kisses. and our nbc bay area investigation into legal child labor raises eyebrows and questions in washington. tonight how lawmakers are reacting to what the investigative unit showed us. good friday evening, everyone. thank you for joining us.

happening now, sealed with a kiss, that's how gay rights activists are protesting chick-fil-a tonight. they're upset over the fast food chain president's stance against same-sex marriage. the two sides converged today. tell us what's going on right now? >> reporter: they continue to converge, jessica, you can see there is still a supporter of chick-fil-a standing outside the restaurant holding up a sign as you can see. every once in a while a same-sex couple will pull-up, quickly kiss and take a picture and then be on their way. things got a bit heated outside the bay area's only chick-fil-a store, as a gay advocate expressed his views on same-sex

unions. >> i want at least somebody's voice standing here for the day to let young gay people, anywhere that gets a hold of this to know that you're loved, you're respected. >> reporter: he's hoping to be joined by hundreds more at dinner time as gay couples across the country are staging kiss ins. >> i think everybody has a right to their own opinion, so we're just expressing our opinion by having a kiss in front of chick-fil-a. >> the opposition is trying to counter balance last week's -- skb you can make a perfectly good secular argument against this kind of lifestyle and the kind of abnormality of it, and the promotion of it as if it is part of the norm. >> if you do that, do that in the privacy of